Advanced Classes are specialized careers that your characters can choose in Star Wars: The Old Republic. As your character becomes more seasoned through adventure, you will be given the opportunity to undertake one of two Advanced Classes. This decision is equally as important as when you originally created your character. This is because your choice will not only make your character more distinct and powerful, but it will also help further define the role you wish to play in The Old Republic.
In addition to your Class-specific Skills and Abilities, your chosen Advanced Class will grant you access to role-defining Abilities that represent additional areas of expertise and some may even grant new weapon and armor types. Additionally, each Advanced Class will also have three sets of Skills available to further customize your character.
The chart above is not representative of any of the current Advanced Class Skill Sets, nor does it show exactly how many Skills you may potentially access. It is included to provide an example of how a character, in this case a Sith Warrior, may look as he progresses through one Advanced Class (note that the other Advanced Class Skill Sets are disabled and cannot be trained).
As mentioned above, each Advanced Class opens up three Skill Sets with a variety of Skills in each. Unlike selecting an Advanced Class, these Skill Sets are less restrictive and your character can obtain Skills from any set or from all of them!
Shared Skill Set:
While the first two Skill Sets include Skills entirely unique to the chosen Advanced Classes, the third Skill Set consists of a shared set of Skills which expand upon the core Skills of the Class itself.
One thing to note is that you use the same pool of points when training your Advanced Classes Skills, so spend your points wisely!
Advanced Classes List
Trooper
>Commando
- Heavy Blaster Cannon
- Grenades
- Ranged DPS
>Vanguard
- Blaster Rifle
- Energy Shields
- Defense Tank
Smuggler
>Scoundrel
- Blaster ‘Shot Gun’
- Stealth / Medicine
- Burst ranged damage or Healing
>Gunslinger
- Dual Pistols
- Quickdraw / Fast Attacks
- Ranged DPS
Jedi Knight
>Jedi Sentinel
- Dual Wield Saber
- Saber fighting specialist
- Melee DPS
>Jedi Guardian
- Single Saber / Heavy Armor
- Leadership / Party Buffs
- Tank
Jedi Consular
>Jedi Shadow
- Double Bladed Saber
- Stealth
- Burst melee damage
>Jedi Wizard
- Single Saber
- Powerful Telekinesis / Healing
- Ranged Control / Damage or Healing
Bounty Hunter
>Powertech
- Flamethrower
- Defense / Energy Shields
- Tank
>Mercenary
- Dual Wield Guns
- Missiles
- Ranged DPS
Sith Warrior
>Sith Juggernaut
- Single Saber / Heavy Armor
- Fear and Darkside Auras
- Tank
>Sith Marauder
- Dual Wield Sabers / Armor
- Saber fighting specialist
- Melee DPS
Imperial Agent
>Operative
- Blaster Rifle / Energy Blade
- Stealth
- Burst Ranged damage
>Sniper
- Sniper Rifle
- Cover, Ambush, Orbital Strikes
- Ranged DPS
Sith Inquisitor
>Sith Sorcerer
- Single Saber
- Force Lightning / Force Drain
- Ranged DPS or Healer
>Sith Assassin
- Double Bladed Saber
- Stealth
- Burst Melee DPS
